Improved bed-bottom



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Letters' Patentlvo. 73,622, dated January 21, 1868.

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Be itzknoivn that I, NATHAN MAXEY, of Plymouth, in the= countyofMershll, and in the State of Indiana,

havo in vented'oertain new-,and useful Improvements in Bed-Bottoms; anddo hereby declarethat the following I is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had' to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters 'of reference markedth'ereon. y In thevannexeddrawings, making part of this specification, A Airepresent the side andB B the end rails of this bed.. C C' represent the bed-slats.. Theseslats are provided at their centres with the loops D D and at their endswith :thecollars' G G, both of which are made of metal. Metallic linksare made fast to the under sides of collars G,- and 'India-rubbersprings pass from these links and connect to the staples H,or theirequivalents, wliich'alresecured in the end rails. 'lhese springs a asupport and give elsticity to the slats C C at their ends. The loops D Dare connected by a link, J, to each other, and by the links K K and therubber springs I I to the staples e e of the, side rails. These springsII support Iand give elasticity to the centres of the slats, while theyare securely connected together by the link J. I

Havingthusfullydescribed my invention, what I clainn,l is

The slats CVC, provided with loops D D and collars G G, and connected tothe side railsand end rails by the springs I I and a a and staples H ande, substantially as' and for the purpose set forth. i

In testimony that I clarn the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand,this 1st day of November, 1867.

NATHAN MAXEY.

Witnesses:

C. H. REEVE,

W.- H` Simons.

